Healthcare services at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura suffered a major setback on Thursday morning as striking intern doctors forcibly halted all outpatient operations. Demonstrating junior doctors closed the department’s ticket counters at approximately 9:45 am, leaving hundreds of patients and their families stranded without medical care. The abrupt suspension triggered immediate […]

A driver transporting pharmaceutical supplies was killed on Thursday morning following a head-on collision between his microbus and a long-distance passenger coach in Gaibandha’s Palashbari sub-district. The collision, which occurred around 10:00 am in the Majhipara area along the Gaibandha–Palashbari highway, also left a passenger seriously injured. The deceased driver was identified as 40-year-old Masud […]

Detectives from the Gaibandha District Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested Ranjit Bakshi Surya, a senior vice-president of the district Awami League unit, in connection with a violent attack and arson incident targeting a local political office. The 68-year-old politician was taken into custody at approximately 8:00 pm on Monday, 31 August, during an […]

A 32-year-old motorcyclist died on the spot on Thursday morning after his vehicle collided with a speeding passenger bus on the Patuakhali–Kuakata highway. The incident occurred at approximately 8:00 am near the Dhalugajir Moor intersection, situated within Patuakhali Sadar Upazila. The deceased was identified as Md Atik, a resident of Jamura village in the Laukathi […]

A tea vendor and the sole breadwinner for his family has died after being struck by a speeding minibus whilst attempting to cross the Shariatpur–Madaripur regional highway in the Dhanuka area of Shariatpur town. The victim, 45-year-old Ratan Poddar, was a resident of the Dakshin Madhyapara area in Ward 7 of Shariatpur Municipality. He was […]

The highest governing body for Qawmi madrasas in Bangladesh, Al-Haiatus Uppil Lil-Jami’atil Qawmiya Bangladesh, has expressed profound concern over the alleged physical abuse of a seven-year-old residential student at an educational institution in Savar. In response to the disturbing incident reported in the Purba Shahibag area, the central board has announced the formation of a […]

Protesting drivers of compressed natural gas (CNG) auto-rickshaws temporarily blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Trishal on Wednesday morning, demanding an uninterrupted fuel supply to sustain their daily livelihoods. The demonstration began around 10:30 am on 2 September, when driver groups parked their vehicles across the Kakchor Road intersection along the highway. The blockade effectively paralyzed […]

An unidentified woman, estimated to be around 40 years of age, died in the early hours of Wednesday following a road traffic collision on the Mayor Hanif Flyover in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area. The incident occurred at approximately 5:30 am along the inbound section of the flyover leading from Dholairpar towards Jatrabari. According to initial reports, […]

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has announced a marginal reduction in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and autogas tariffs for September. Under the newly issued pricing schedule, the retail cost of a standard 12 kg LPG cylinder has been lowered by Tk 13, bringing the consumer price down from Tk 1,598 to Tk 1,585. Announcing […]

Bangladesh has logged five further dengue-related fatalities within a single 24-hour window, pushing the national death toll past the 100 mark for the current year. Data published by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirms that 1,324 new patients were admitted to hospitals nationwide over the same reporting period, raising the total cumulative hospitalisations […]